The Champion is a mercury mine located in Crook county, Oregon.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Champion MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Champion
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Crook
District: Ochoco Creek
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Ochoco National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: David A. And George L. Johnston
Years: 1963 -
Production
Year: 1963
Time Period: To 1963
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^19-26 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1930
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Local Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Alteration Of Andesite To Clays
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW/4 SEC 3, LOCATED AT CENTER OF QUARTER SECTION
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Production): BROOKS
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